Police: 1 shot after altercation with officer in Hanover

Two people, including a police officer, was taken away with injuries after an incident in the 300 block of East Middle Street in Hanover Monday night. (THE EVENING SUN -- KALANI GORDON)

Update, 11 p.m.

Nearly 50 people waited around the yellow police tape that surrounded most of the 300 block of East Middle Street as police investigated an incident that ended with one person in the hospital with a gunshot wound.

At 4:45 p.m. on Monday, Pennsylvania State Police and the Drug Task Force attempted to serve warrants to two suspects at 312 East Middle St. in the Hanover Borough, Pennsylvania State Police spokesperson Robert Hicks said. A third person entered the building while police were serving the warrants and began an altercation with police.

The person who began the fight was shot by police, Hicks said, but he could not confirm the bullet's entry point. The wounded person was airlifted to WellSpan York Hospital, Hicks said.

Police did not release names of any of the people involved at the scene.

York Hospital admitted one patient who was flown to the facility from the Hanover area Monday night. Hospital officials said the patient was in critical condition.

Hicks said one police officer suffered minor to moderate injuries during a scuffle and was taken to the hospital, but he said he was unsure of the officer's status.

Hicks said both subjects the police were serving warrants to were taken into custody, but he would not confirm if they were male or female. He did not believe they were involved in harming the police officers.

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A handcuffed woman was escorted from behind the house to a police car around 7:05 p.m. while a man sat on the porch in handcuffs. He walked with a limp as he was transported to a police car around 7:30 p.m.

At 9 p.m., state troopers were still waiting for a warrant to search the house, Hicks said.

Forensics services and internal affairs were also being called to the scene. Hicks said the crews would likely not be finished with their investigation until early this morning.

Hicks would not reveal what the arrest warrants had been served for.

York County District Attorney Tom Kearney was on scene, along with Hanover and Pennsylvania State Police departments.

Earlier

Police confirmed that a shooting occurred around 4:45 p.m. Monday in the 300 block of E. Middle Street in Hanover, said Trooper Robert Hicks, Pennsylvania State Police spokesperson.

The individual who was shot at the Hanover residence was taken by helicopter to a nearby hospital, Hicks said.

WellSpan York Hospital admitted one patient who was flown to the facility from the Hanover area Monday night who, hospital officials said, is in critical condition.

The individual who was shot had previously gotten into an altercation with a police officer, Hicks said.

Members of Pennsylvania State Police and Drug Task Force were serving two warrants to individuals at the residence when a third person, the individual who was shot, got into an altercation with an officer, Hicks said.

Earlier

Police are blocking off an area in front of 312 E. Middle St. in Hanover to investigate a reported shooting.

Police are not commenting on the incident that sent several emergency units to the Hanover address around 6:30 p.m. Monday night, but reporters witnessed a man and a women being taken out of the house in handcuffs shortly after that time.